Isaiah 5:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Isaiah 5:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Isaiah 5:4 is a verse from the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Isaiah 5:4 — KJV
“What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?”
— Isaiah 5:4 (KJV)
Isaiah 5:4 in Context — About the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah is the prince of prophets — soaring visions of God's holiness, searing warnings, and the Old Testament's clearest portraits of the coming Messiah: born of a virgin, wounded for our transgressions, a man of sorrows. Comfort and strength for the weary run through every chapter.
Cross-References for Isaiah 5:4
“And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. fenced: or, made a wall about made: Heb. hewed”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 5:4: looked, should, bring
“Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps. long...: or, how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laid waste, and fenced cities to be ruinous heaps?”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 5:4: done, should, bring
“Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 5:4: wherefore, forth, brought
“Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 5:4: wherefore, should, bring
“Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps. Hast...: or, Hast thou not heard how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laid waste, and defenced cities to be ruinous heaps?”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 5:4: done, should, bring
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